The US Securities and Exchange Commission has put forward a proposal to relax the rules on how investment advisers and funds hold crypto, Cointelegraph reported on October 2, 2026. This is a proposal. It has not been adopted.
The problem it targets is custody. Under the current requirements, some investment advisers have not offered certain crypto assets to their clients. If the proposal goes through, that barrier could be removed.
The report does not say which crypto assets are affected or exactly how the custody requirements would change. It also does not say when any new rule would take effect. For now, those questions have no answer.
For someone already holding a perpetual position on Bitget, Bybit, MEXC or OKX, this changes nothing directly. The proposal covers how US investment advisers and funds hold crypto for clients. It does not cover perpetual futures venues, their funding rates, their fees or their liquidity, and the report says nothing about any of these.
Source: cointelegraph — SEC moves to clear custody hurdle for advisers offering crypto